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Show I WILL CLOSE SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. AFTER-NOONS. Walker Bros. Dry Goods company have decided to close their store every Saturday afternoon from July 1G to September 1. This is one of the signs of metropolltanlsm which cannot be mistaken. In the large cities of tho country the high class stores closo on Saturday afternoons the year round thus giving their employes a much needed half-holiday without any "diminution "dim-inution In pay. Walker's store is the pioneer In this movement hero and 't is hoped the other big stores will got in line and close Saturday afternoons, not only during the summer months, but nt all seasons of the year. They would do just as much business as If they kept open till midnight and the hnlf-day of relaxation would be good and very welcome to not only the employes, em-ployes, but to the proprietors as well. o |